Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-05-21
A BEAUTIFUL WHISTLER.
An American Lady Who Whistles for
New York Society.
Especial correspondence
New York. Nav

Especial Correspondence
New YORK, May Is.
! was at an afternoon concert. Auditors
were not plenty and the performance opened
late. A matronly lady who sat near me be.
guiled the time by opening conversation
with some gigglmg maidens in the rear
Have you heard the whistling lady:' she
said
No, they had not: but they had heard of
her. Then she went on to tell of the wonder
full gift possessed by this lady-how she had
heard her at Mrs. Lofty's reception, and also
at Mrs. Tiptop's. If / had not known that
both of these houses were considered swell |
should have known it by the peculiar tone
that crept into her voice when she pronounced
their names. What is there in human beings,
anyway, which makes them ACKNOWLEDGE
themselves fiattered by the notice of some
body who has more pretension. perhaps more
money, and possibly less sense. What is it !?
Are we by nature little breed, or has the
worship of artificial gods made us so?
The good lady ratified on, telling how all
the Young people were trying to whistle in
imitation of the feminine whistler" and thai
she had never heard anything SO sweet in heI
life as the whistler's music.
Mrs. Shaw makes whistlinS an art. She
stands up at crowded receptions auo
whistles divinely; whistles as solo
singer sings, with an orchestral or
piano accompaniment, or without it if
necessary, but only on the expiration OF
the breath.
Care in the selection of music as well As
close attention to method, distinguishes Mrs
Shaw's whistling. She only renders pieces of
nigh musical order And then she whistles
and looks pretty at the same time, which is
con fIocr faNp ia III Al.
beautiful, very Juno in figure, she is the
last person. whom one would suspect of being
addicted to AN art that once was forbidden To-
our sex on pain of coming to a bad end.
Her tones in whistling are bird like in beauty.
No one who has not heard her can form any
idea OF how gloriously the whistiing talent
can be developed. She can whistle to parlor
limitations or to the immense space of the
Metropolitan opera house. Her register is
two and one-third octaves
WhistlinS being purely a labial art, the
beautiful whistler has no fears of being robbed
OF her gift by the hoarseness and colds which
keep singers in terror.
And what does New York think of her
whistlingl Goes wild over it, as might be
expected. Engagements crowd upon her
thick and fast; and they do say that she re-
ceives SIS for whistling single pierre Next
SEASON SHS e1PeSb 10 go aoroad ana make an
appearance before musical critics and pa-
irons. She has made the successful and inter
esting experiment of whistling with a full
orchestral accompaniment She has wbistled
for Mrs. Cleveland, as well as for the shining
lights OF society in this city. She has GER
family introduced AMI developed a musical
novelty, although she is not the only woman
VINO whistles. Miss Chamberlain of Boston.
and Miss Adelaide Dechlon, formerly OF Wa
lacks, and now in London, both gained SOM
celebrity as whistlers, but their methois an.
different from Mrs. Shaw's. G.G.